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Reel Movie Reviews: Atonement

reel-reviews-logo42.jpg Nominated for Best Picture in 2007, Atonement also received rave reviews for the performances of its stars, James McAvoy and Keira Knightley.

What, exactly, did critics have to say about the film, which is being released on DVD on March 18, 2008? Let's take a look...

- Epic and occasionally heartbreaking but never as powerful or cohesive as it ought to be. -- Las Vegas Weekly

- The film is gorgeous to look at, well paced (especially during the first half), and by turns touching and sad. The ending packs an emotional punch, which is what one would expect from any movie developed from a McEwan novel. -- Reel Views

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- No sophomore slump for British punk wunderkind director Joe Wright...If anything, Atonement is even better, the tragedy of the story intensifying the romance, the novel's unique structure providing an uncommon literary twist. -- Reeling Reviews

- The movie never goes as deep as the novel (no movie could), but it's a worthy approximation: a Merchant-Ivory movie that turns in on itself with a lucid and painful sigh. -- Boston Globe

The Big Lebowski Updated

We're embarrassed to have taken so long to do the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski justice.

Hopefully you'll enjoy the 14 photos and 74 quotes we have for this amazing cult classic.  Check out a sample of the photos we've added:

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And that's right, we put up a picture of the rug from The Big Lebowski.  What can we say?  We just felt the rug really tied the movie together.

300 Quotes and Photo Updates

While 300 is not a new movie, it is still one of the most popular movies still on Reel Movie News.

We decided to bring all those dedicated 300 fans who keep checking out our site some more quotes and photos from their favorite movie.  Relive the battle of these brave 300 Spartans.

Check out the following sample of new pictures:

This is Sparta!Queen Gorgo in front of the SenateThe Persian fleetArrows blot the sky300 PhalanxThe ImmortalsTheron pins Queen GorgoEphialtes

Reel Movie Reviews: 10,000 B.C.

reel-reviews-logo41.jpg It would be an understatement to say that 10,000 B.C. has been panned by movie critics.

But it would also be an understatement to say the film isn't raking in dough at the box office. Here's a breakdown of just what reviewers are saying about it:

- In the realm of heroic historical loincloth adventures, 10,000 is much less than 300. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

- An atrocious waste of a perfectly good CGI budget ... at least the Geico commercials make an effort to get the historical accuracy right. -- ComingSoon.net

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- The kind of movie that people will discover new and hilarious ways to mock for years to come. -- Mark Reviews Movies

- [I] saith to you that I had a strangely good time, and whether that is from laughing at 10,000 B.C. or laughing with it I knoweth not, although I strongly suspect the former. -- Boston Globe

Paul Haggis Speaks on Writing Quantum of Solace, Directing James Bond

casino-royale-20080310012726231.jpg Paul Haggis is an Oscar-winning screen writer that has penned Casino Royale, the upcoming Quantum of Solace and the 2005 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Crash.

It's quite the resume.

Despite those credentials, though, Marc Foster will be behind the camera for Quantum of Solace. Haggis says that he ruled himself out of the running before his name could be thrown into the mix:

"Look what Martin [Campbell] did with Casino Royale, he shot for 120 days, it's so difficult to do something like that and I'm not sure that I'm up for that Herculean feat. When I've made four or five films I'd like to do a Bond film, or something like that."

For now, Haggis certainly isn't complaining about writing for 007: "I love writing Bond, it's fun. I get to be part of a team, who are re-exploring the classic character, reinventing something that I loved when I was young."

Chris Pine Gives Props to Han Solo, Harrison Ford

Chris Pine is starring as Captain James T. Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek movie. But the actor recently told IGN that he won't be modeling his character on the one made famous by William Shatner.

Pine will, however, use a different, well-known character as inspiration. We'll allow him to explain:

"I would definitely say Harrison Ford in either Indiana Jones or Star Wars. What Harrison Ford is so great at doing is bringing that quality to his characters that if they could be anywhere else in the world they would be there, but he is not, he just is in the middle of s*** and he has to figure out a way of dealing with it so that he can go back to doing whatever the hell he was doing before the film started.

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"I've always loved that quality about him in Star Wars, this sense of absolute grumpy manner; the accidental hero. Not to say that I modeled my version of James T Kirk on anything in particular but I think I definitely have wanted to bring that kind of Harrison Ford humour to Kirk."

Sounds like a safe bet to say that Pine will be closely watching Ford and his alter-ego in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this May. As will we all.

Release Date Set for Saw V

Not only is a fifth edition of the Saw franchise in the works, but Lionsgate has already set a release date for this horror movie: October 24.

In other news related to the film, Mark Rolston (who appeared in The Shawshank Redemption and The Departed) has joined the cast of Saw V, which begins filming in Toronto on March 17.

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Yes, we know this is a poster for Saw IV. But the one for Saw V isn't out yet, even though that movie is definitely in the works now.

Boondock Saints Updated!

We apologize it's taken the staff at Reel Movie News this long to update our Boondock Saints section, but we've finally done it.

You can check out photos, quotes, cast info, and the movie trailer from this amazing cult classic.

And don't worry, as soon as any new info comes out about the highly anticipated Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day comes out, we'll be sure to report it.

Until then, hopefully these great pictures from the original Boondock Saints will hold you over:

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Se7en Cast Info and Photos Updated

Reel Movie News would like to present our updates to Se7en, the classic 1995 thriller staring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey.

We've added quotes, photos, cast info, trailers, and soundtrack to this amazing movie. Check out the following updated pictures from our gallery and give this movie a rent if you haven't seen it:

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10,000 B.C. Photos and More

The sweeping, adventurous epic 10,000 B.C. ruled the box office this weekend.

Ignoring critical lambasting of the film, movie goers turned out in droves to witness this visually incredible effort. With that in mind, here's a look at a series of images from 10,000 B.C. Click on them all now for larger photos...

Safe and Sound?10,000 B.C. Picture10,000 B.C. PhotoEvolet and DKidnapped! DDEvolet

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